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New Retail Releases: Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition, Scribblenauts Showdown, Bravo Team, More
Big sales and critical acclaim greeted the launch of Final Fantasy XV back in 2016. But if you skipped Square Enix’s epic RPG, the publisher is trying again with Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition. Coming to stores this week for the PS4 and Xbox One, the Royal Edition will include a new dungeon, new features (including a First Person Mode), and all content from the game’s Season Pass.
Square Enix is also bringing Final Fantasy XV to the PC for the first time this week with the release of Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition. Like the Royal Edition, it will also come packaged with the content from the game’s Season Pass.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, WB Games will release Scribblenauts Showdown this week for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Showdown takes the tried-and-true gameplay from the Scribblenauts series (including a dictionary with more than 60,000 words) and grafts it on to a multiplayer minigame competition.
Supermassive is one of the biggest names behind Sony’s VR push, and the Until Dawn developer is back with another PSVR-powered title for the PS4 this week, Bravo Team. In Bravo Team, players will need to make “constant split-second tactical decisions” as war rages all around you in a fictional Eastern European city.
And bookending this week’s batch of big new games, Square Enix and Deck Nine will release a Retail Edition of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm for the PS4 and Xbox One. The prequel includes the three-part game, as well as a bonus episode starring a younger Max Caulfield.
Finally, PQube will release Island Flight Simulator, 3D Mini Golf, and 3D Billiards: Billards and Snooker for the PS4. And Maximum Games will bring TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge, a motorcycle racing sim, to the PS4 and Xbox One.
And that’s it for this week’s New Retail Releases report, but we’ll be back in a few days with a look at all the upcoming additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Tagged Final Fantasy XV, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Scribblenauts Showdown
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm’s Retail Edition will be available in stores on March 6
Square Enix and Deck Nine Games have announced that Life Is Strange: Before the Storm will make its way to retail stores on March 6. The prequel to the very popular Life Is Strange will be available for the PS4 and Xbox One in three different configurations including a Standard Edition ($29.99), a Limited Edition ($39.99), and a Vinyl Edition ($69.99).
All three versions of the game will include a bonus episode entitled “Farewell,” which reunites Chloe and Max, as well as their original voice actors, Ashly Burch and Hannah Telle. A new Mixtape Mode will let players score cinematic scenes with selections from the game’s soundtrack, and an Outfit Pack will add three new costumes to Chloe’s closet (“Punk Doe,” “Hawt Dawg Man,” and “Illuminati”). Finally, the first episode of the original Life Is Strange will be included with all retail versions of the game.
Players who opt for the Limited Edition will receive a physical art book and a soundtrack CD for the game. The Vinyl Edition, which will be sold exclusively through the Square Enix Store, will swap out the CD with a vinyl record and add a pair of Chloe and Rachel figurines.
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm fans who have already purchased the Digital Deluxe Edition will also be able to download “Farewell” on March 6. And in case you missed it, a behind-the-scenes video for the bonus episode can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Life Is Strange, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
Minecraft: Story Mode S2 Ep5, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Ep3, more added to Xbox Store
2017 is coming to an end in just 11 days, but a pair of episodic adventure games will reach their end on the Xbox Games Store today.
Square Enix and Deck Nine will complete Life Is Strange: Before the Storm with the release of Episode 3: Hell Is Empty on the Xbox One today. And Telltale Games will finish up Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 with the launch of Episode 5: Above and Beyond.
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2
Minecraft: Story Mode S2 Ep5, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Ep3, Accounting+, more coming to PS Store this week
Sony is sliding into the Christmas holiday with a slight PlayStation Store update, but it does include the finales of two of 2017’s biggest episodic games.
Telltale Games will launch Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 – Episode 5: Above and Beyond for the PS4, putting a cap on a second round of adventures for Jesse and friends. And Square Enix will release Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 3: Hell Is Empty for the PS4, bringing Chloe’s prequel journey to an end.
Also available to download this week is Accounting+, a PlayStation VR-powered “nightmare adventure comedy” from Justin Roiland (one half of the Rick and Morty team).
You can learn more about all of this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm’s final episode will be released on December 20
Square Enix and Deck Nine Games have announced that the final episode of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm will be released on December 20. Episode 3: Hell Is Empty will require players to make some tough decisions as Chloe deals with a “dangerous revelation” in the finale:
In Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 3: Hell Is Empty, we see Chloe struggling to keep grasp of the events unravelling in front of her as we hurtle towards a dramatic conclusion and the consequences of your all your actions so far. As her friendship with Rachel Amber reaches new heights of emotion, Chloe uncovers a dangerous revelation that will require her to find the courage and strength to make some of the toughest decisions of her life…
“The whole development team at Deck Nine have poured their hearts and souls into this game,” said Jeff Litchford, the Vice President at Deck Nine Games. “We’re truly humbled by the amount of love and passion the fans have shown so far. We are now nearly ready to release this last episode and excited to finally help fans shape the conclusion of this amazing story.”
While this is the end for Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, the original development team at Dontnod Entertainment are currently working on Life Is Strange 2, and hopefully we’ll hear more about the sequel soon.
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Tagged Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
Jackbox Party Pack 4, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 2, ELEX, more added to Xbox Store
Welcome to another Friday update for the Xbox Games Store.
Today, Jackbox Games brought their latest party game compilation, The Jackbox Party Pack 4, to the Xbox One. Also available to download on Microsoft’s most recent console is Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 2: Brave New World, the second chapter in the prequel series, and ELEX, a “science fantasy” RPG from THQ Nordic.
You can learn more about all of today’s additions to the Xbox Games Store after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Jackbox Party Pack 4, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
Gran Turismo Sport, WWE 2K18, Jackbox Party Pack 4, more added to PS Store
Get ready to go on a wild ride with friends of all stripes in this week’s PlayStation Store update.
To start things off, Sony will launch the first online-focused entry in the Gran Turismo franchise, Gran Turismo Sport. 2K Games will offer up their own knockdown-dragout clash for the PS4 this week with the release of WWE 2K18. However, for the true cutthroat competitor, there’s The Jackbox Party Pack 4, the latest party game compilation from Jackbox Games.
Two very different sets of friends round out the rest of the PlayStation Store update. The South Park gang will tackle superhero franchises in South Park: The Fractured But Whole, and Deck Nine will continue the story of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm in Episode 2: Brave New World.
You can learn more about this week’s additions to the PlayStation Store (including a handful of Vita games) after the break. (more…)
Xbox Store Today: Life Is Strange Before the Storm, Songbringer, Fatal Fury 3, more
Say goodbye to August (and hello to this weekend’s PAX West expo) with a handful of new titles now available to download through the Xbox Games Store…
Square Enix and Dontnod have recruited Deck Nine to return to the world of Life Is Strange in Life Is Strange: Before the Storm for the Xbox One. The opening episode of the prequel series focuses on Chloe Price and her unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber.
Also available to download for the Xbox One today is Songbringer, a retro-styled action RPG from Wizard Fu and Double Eleven. Players will search out “swords, secrets, dungeons, bosses, and stuff” and go where no man has gone before in this sci-fi adventure.
Finally today, Xbox One owners will be able to download Fatal Fury 3, another classic fighting game from the NeoGeo era.
More information about all of these (and other) new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Life Is Strange: Before the Storm